conacre (countable and uncountable, plural conacres)
(Ireland) An agricultural system of letting land in small patches or strips, usually for tillage.
(Ireland) A strip of land that is let under this system.
conacre (third-person singular simple present conacres, present participle conacring, simple past and past participle conacred)
(Ireland) To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; said of a farm.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*a"cre, v. t.
Definition: To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [Ireland]
Con*a"cre, n.
Definition: A system of letting a proportion of a farm for a single crop. [Ireland] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle. Mozley & W.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
